SDG Indicator 14.4.1 – Fish stocks sustainability

About this course

This course focuses on SDG Indicator 14.4.1 – Fish stocks sustainability: “Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels”. It introduces basic fisheries concepts and definitions, illustrates some technical aspects of classical and data-limited stock assessment and provides detailed guidance on process and tools for the analysis and reporting of the Indicator.

The course consists of 5 lessons, ranging from approximately 30 to 60 minutes duration each:

• Lesson 1  Introduction to SDG Indicator 14.4.1
• Lesson 2  Concepts and process behind the estimations of SDG Indicator 14.4.1
• Lesson 3  Estimation of SDG Indicator 14.4.1 from classical stock assessment outputs
• Lesson 4  Estimation of SDG Indicator 14.4.1 from data-limited methods
• Lesson 5  Guidelines for national reporting of SDG Indicator 14.4.1

Watch this video to find out more: https://youtu.be/MK6RG_TC_PE

Target audience

The target audience of this course includes:

• National fisheries administration officials
• Policy-makers or advisors
• Members of the fishing community/fishing organizations
• Fisheries scientists, data analysts, and statisticians

Learning objectives

You will learn about:

• The rationale of indicator 14.4.1 within the 2030 Agenda
• Basic definitions and fundamental concepts related to fish stock assessment
• Methods and data requirements of classical stock assessments
• How to access the BlueBRIDGE Virtual Research Environment to run some of the main data-limited methods on the platform
• The steps of the procedure for building and reporting Indicator 14.4.1